the uk s formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. so who is britain s soon to be prime minister? here s our deputy political editor, vicki young. addressing the nation during a pandemic, a month after becoming chancellor. you will not face this alone. rishi sunak helped lead to the government s economic response. the furlough scheme paid 80% of millions of people s sal
hold onto breezy conditions wednesday into thursday, a cluster of weather fronts from the south bringing showers or longer spells of rain, spreading north through the day on thursday. where we have son, sunny spells, temperatures could be six or seven celsius above the norm, up to 21 celsius across southern and eastern areas, mid to high teens for the north. we hang onto that through friday and into the weekend. wet and windy weather moving north, a little brightness interspersed. more rain pushing north on sunday. some rain could be heavy, may be thundery. a little sketchy this far out, so stay tuned to the forecast. the outlook, stay mild throughout friday, saturday and sunday, heavy rain at times. stay tuned to the forecast. back to you. the reshuffle is under way in the new prime minister is busy working on ministerial appointments. we hear that wendy morton is out as chief whip and heading to the backbenches, jacob rees mogg and brandon lewis we reported earlier on ha
to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less a warning the health and social care system in england is gridlocked and unable to cope with the demand putting vulnerable people at risk. and, us chess grandmaster hans niemann is suing a rival or at least 100 million dollars for alleged cheating. welcome to bbc news live from westminster. the leader of the house penny mordaunt has become the first to declare the winner will replace liz truss declare the winner will replace liz truss who declare the winner will replace liz truss who resigned yesterday although she remains in downing street although she remains in downing street until the successor is appointed. street until the successor is appointed- street until the successor is appointed. street until the successor is anointed. ., , , appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss said appointed. speaking outside number ten liz truss
to see some of the stories of you may be missing and cs reporting on. stay with us. look at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. and the chief executive and the economics think tank and former pensions minister in david karen s conservative government thank you both for being with us tonight started the metro, the cost crisis. the metro leads with the cost of living crisis and a message from consumer champion martin lewis he s demanding action on energy bills from what he calls the zombie government . more on the cost of living from the guardian, which headlines a statement from borisjohnson who has said he s certain his replacement will offer further help to struggling households. in liz we trust states the front of the daily express declaring its support for liz truss in the conservative leadership race. universities are removing books with challenging content from reading lists that s according to an investigation on the front page of the times. the